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Where can Alpha Aniimo be found?
Alpha Aniimo roam across the world map and appear in every region as regular wild encounters, not only as world bosses.
Any region can hold one, and it spawns like any other wild Aniimo rather than as a boss. You don't have to travel to a particular zone or wait for a world boss to come up. Wherever you are exploring, an Alpha can be part of the normal wild population.
Size is how you spot them. Alpha Aniimo are oversized versions of standard Aniimo: physically larger, stronger, and usually already evolved. An Alpha will stand out from the regular members of its species nearby, and the fight will be harder than one against the normal version.
What happens once you find an Alpha
Finding an Alpha does not mean you get to keep it. You fight it and then try to catch it, and the catch only works by chance unless you throw an Ultra Anipod, which captures Alphas every time. Claiming the rewards from an Alpha fight, including the chance to catch it, costs 30 Primagy energy. You can farm Alphas over and over for stamps for as long as your energy lasts.
If you catch one, log it in the Aniimo report to earn Mark of the Strong. The linked capture guide covers the single attempt, the energy cost and Ultra pods in full.
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